In high school, I did not like too many classes and the ones I happened to do well in I could never see myself doing anything career-related. Unfortunately, attending a small, private school I was not exposed to many areas of study and interest so I was very limited in my knowledge of what the world had to offer.
My talents also were not something I could see myself using toward the future so I was stuck. Not one class sparked my interest until I started taking Chemistry.
I applied to college as an Undecided major since I thought I did not have much of an interest in many subjects in high school, it would have been wise to experiment in areas I would want to potentially work in.
My first main track was Chemistry and Computer Science, since Chemistry was one of my few favorite classes in high school and I was tech savvy; I was up for the task. Sadly, my passion for Chemistry was not the same in college as it was in high school and Computer Science was a coding nightmare.
I soon realized that I cannot continue taking these types of courses; I needed to do what makes me happy or else I am always going to dread working every day which isn't the way to live, especially something I could potentially see myself doing in real life.
I was lucky enough to take my freshman seminar class in business which was taught by a marketing professor because as of today, I am a Marketing major! I never realized how much this class surprisingly intrigued me to go into marketing when it was a simple, basic business course.
I would consider myself lucky that as an Undecided major I found out what I was interested in pretty quickly. Ironically enough, the original seminar class I picked I could not get in so perhaps this was fate? Who knows! To make this even more ridiculous, after taking personality tests for my high school guidance counselor it was concluded I was excel in a possible major: Marketing!
I was not too aware about business though, so I was scared to give it a try. I am so glad that something as silly as personality tests already knew my future and me better than I did; I always thought the exams were inaccurate.
It took me an entire year to understand why I was interested in business though. There were countless days I stayed up all night just worrying and thinking if I'll ever declare and graduate on time. My parents understood my anxiety, however, they also had expectations for me which added to my stress. I am thankful my parents are understanding and happy for me in my change of study fields.
Although I am not taking Chemistry anymore, I developed an interest in the pharmaceuticals whenever I was home talking to family friends. It soon came to mind that my actual mentality was to get involved in health care after realizing how much I wanted to help people and improve its quality and service for the future. So as of the end of my sophomore year of college I declared a Health Administration minor at my university.
Right now in my junior year I am finally taking courses focusing in my main area of studies. It gets me excited and pumped to go to each and every class, even the ones that could be insanely long or run past dinner. This truly shows that I am exactly where I should be and have to continue working hard to fulfill my dreams and accomplish my goals.
I know some people will not figure out as soon as me what they want to do in college and that is OK. If you have, I congratulate you because you now sort of have an idea what you want to do with your life!
I would actually suggest to someone who is even fairly sure of what they want to do to still try out other possible concentrations that interest them in case or else if they switch majors too late, they will be in school longer thus spending more money than planned; many factors can come into play through this. Go talk to your professors and advisor, or even your family because they will know you best in regards to what you like and what they may see you be doing.
Good luck finding your calling! You never know what you might stumble upon and happen to really enjoy. I promise that once you do you will be in complete relief and it will be smooth sailing from there having one worry out of your way to plan out your future.